The Anonymous Widower

Self-Orienting Floating Wind Turbine Completes Offshore Tests

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The PivotBuoy Project, developed by X1 Wind in collaboration with nine industry and R&D partners, has finalized its offshore demonstration in Spain with what the partners describe as ”excellent results that promise to revolutionize the floating wind industry”.

This is the first paragraph.

The Spanish firm’s X30 platform was tested in full operational conditions at PLOCAN offshore the Canary Islands from October 2022 to May 2023.

It is accompanied by a picture of this rather different way of mounting a wind turbine.

I discussed how how the concept works in X1 Wind – Disrupting Offshore Wind.

It’s certainly a technology to watch.

October 17, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Offshore Wind Power, PivotBuoy, PLOCAN, Wind Power, X1 Wind